mirsultankhan
Landlord.
Great ones! A thousand greetings to you and yours. I have a question that needs some wisdom.
I think that the best way to cultivate yeast is not from washing it off the trub or cultivating samples from the krausen but when making a starter. You make your starter and pour off a little before pitching and store it in the fridge ready for the next time, when you repeat the process.
Here is the problem. Mostly people use DME when making up their yeast starter whereas i prefer to take a little wort just at the beginning of the boil prior to the hop additions and put it in a demijohn and use that for my yeast starter.
Does it really matter what the gravity one uses for a starter, will it effect the yeast and does it really matter if one brew session i use yeast that has been taken from a starter using dark beer and stored and use it to make a starter from wort that has been gathered from a light beer?
Many thanks in advance Robbie.
I think that the best way to cultivate yeast is not from washing it off the trub or cultivating samples from the krausen but when making a starter. You make your starter and pour off a little before pitching and store it in the fridge ready for the next time, when you repeat the process.
Here is the problem. Mostly people use DME when making up their yeast starter whereas i prefer to take a little wort just at the beginning of the boil prior to the hop additions and put it in a demijohn and use that for my yeast starter.
Does it really matter what the gravity one uses for a starter, will it effect the yeast and does it really matter if one brew session i use yeast that has been taken from a starter using dark beer and stored and use it to make a starter from wort that has been gathered from a light beer?
Many thanks in advance Robbie.
